Chapter 014

LORRAINE

I glanced at the space in the parking lot and released a long sigh. Why did I think that Josh was going to be sympathetic towards me and offer to give me a ride in the hot weather? Of course, I was more than aware that I was going to have to walk back to the manor in this hot weather. My clothes clung to my body like a second skin because of the sweat.

All I was aware of was the detention that I was feeling within. I closed my eyes and huffed. I was beyond tired. Detention had been torturous. Why I had expected Jayden and Jordan to defend or try to get me out of it, I had no idea.

My expectations baffled me sometimes it dawned on me that I wasn't even in the position to expect anything. I closed my eyes and sighed. It seemed almost excruciating to put one leg in front of the other as I walked towards the manor. Students zoomed past me in their cars, some took the liberty of shooting mocking words at me through the window as they drove past. I was too tired, too exhausted to